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Josh Huber <huber+dated+1028584847.72d15f@alum.wpi.edu> wrote:
> I really can't immagine autoresponders which make no attempt at
> verifying what they're doing though.  (well, that's not true, but
> I'd *hope* daemons like this would be shut down quickly!)

If they weren't, they could still only be used once.  After a spam
gets through because of an autoconfirmer, that address would get added
to everyone's blacklist.


paul